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• Artsakh issues : Diplomatic perspectives and sobering thoughts

  By Russell Pollard on March 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  It is well understood that the UK government has significant connections with Azerbaijan through the British Petroleum company and many years of investment in the oil industry in Baku, and therefore has a strong bias towards protecting that alliance. This… Read More ›

• The ‘Khojaly Accusation’ of Thomas Goltz

  By Russell Pollard on March 11, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  I was intrigued by  Shaunt Oozoonian’s report  from the presentation at University of California, Irvine (UCI) called the “Khojaly Accusation of 1992”. This presentation included a viewing of the film by Thomas Goltz called “Azerbaijan through Foreign Eyes”. During the… Read More ›

• Demonstration to mark 25th Anniversary of Sumgait killings of Armenians by Azerbaijanis

  By Russell Pollard on March 3, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Between February 27th and 29th 1988, the 18,000 Armenians living in Sumgait, near Baku, in Azerbaijan were subjected to violence and killings in response to the vote by the population of Nagorno-Karabakh to join with Armenia. A group of Armenians… Read More ›

• Do Azerbaijani’s in London really understand about Khojaly and Karabakh?

  By Russell Pollard on February 28, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Each year in London there is a short march by the Azerbaijani community to highlight their perspective on the events in Khojaly and this year I took the opportunity to witness it directly and to endeavour to find out more… Read More ›

• Helping to Protect a Family of 4 Children in Vanadzor (Armenia)

  By Russell Pollard on February 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Several hours drive north of Yerevan is the city of Vanadzor. It is the third largest city in Armenia. Lusine Grigoryan and Artur Setrakyan, live with their 4 children Frunzik (9 years), Mariam (7 years), Marine (4 years) and Marieta… Read More ›

• Khojaly Issue : Letter to Chris Heaton-Harris ( UK MP for Daventry)

  By Russell Pollard on February 18, 2013 • ( 8 )

  Chris Heaton-Harris is a Conservative Member of the UK Parliament and a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Azerbaijan. In February 2012 he was quoted as saying to the European Azerbaijan Society “I have visited Azerbaijan twice, and… Read More ›

• Northern Cyprus and Turkic Hypocrisy over Artsakh

  By Russell Pollard on February 9, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  In my previous article “Azerbaijan’s insidious siege of Artsakh” I referred to the justifications made by Adil Baguirov, co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Azeris Network, for the shooting down of civilian aircraft in Artsakh…. Read More ›

• Azerbaijan’s insidious siege of Artsakh

  By Russell Pollard on January 20, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  During my last visit to Artsakh in early January it started to snow heavily in the last few days before I had to return to Yerevan. The main road from Stepanakert was sufficiently covered in snow to prevent the throughput… Read More ›

• Azerbaijan Armenia: Karabakh’s smouldering conflict (Complaint to BBC)

  By Russell Pollard on January 16, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Below is a transcript of an article published by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on their website on 16 December 2012 under the title of  “Azerbaijan Armenia: Karabakh’s smouldering conflict” I was particularly concerned that this report presented a biased… Read More ›

• Artsakh Village War Heroes and Broken Hearts

  By Russell Pollard on December 8, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  Khndzristan is an unassuming village in the Askeran region of Artsakh populated by several hundred people living off the land, growing most of their food, and keeping animals.  It is a life which is very close to nature, is short… Read More ›